What the other papers say this morning – 28 February 2014 February 27, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Investors disappointed in AO float Hundreds of institutions that tried to buy into the float of online retailer AO World have been left disappointed, after 85 per cent of the new issue was awarded to just 15 investors. One-third of the 300 institutions that applied for shares in the float received no allocation [...]
Easyjet boss and Experian Triumph November 13, 2013 EASYJET boss Carolyn McCall claimed the top prize at City A.M.’s awards last night, taking home the coveted title of Personality of the Year after steering the airline to record profits. She shared the spotlight with credit information firm Experian, which won the Business of the Year title. Our fourth annual awards were hosted by [...]
Could these Kickstarter campaigns be the next Oculus VR? March 26, 2014 Zuck’s been waving his wallet around again. This time on his shopping list was Oculus VR, maker of Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset. Tech-heads have been praising it as the next generation of gaming and a big step towards realism in virtual reality (if you can get your head round that). It’s been [...]
Mark Carney has been the luckiest of unlucky Bank governors January 23, 2014 BORROWERS, relax; savers, tear your hair out. The Bank of England’s base rates will remain on hold; Mark Carney doesn’t “see an immediate need to change monetary policy.” Carney has been extraordinarily lucky in his misfortune. His flagship policy is in tatters and yet the economy’s strong growth, rising employment and lower inflation means that [...]
Gove green-lights 3D printers in schools October 21, 2013 Education secretary Michael Gove has given the go-ahead for a £500,000 fund for 60 schools to buy 3D printers and train teachers to use them. This follows a project the Department of Education launched last year which funded 21 secondary schools to trial the use of 3D printers in science, technology, engineering, maths (STEM) as [...]
An evening celebrating all the very best of London business November 13, 2013 LAST night was an occasion to remember: City A.M.’s fourth annual awards celebrating the best and brightest of London’s business and financial communities. Over 480 guests from around 100 different firms attended the celebration, held at the Grange Hotel in St Paul’s. There was great food, music and company, as well as a rousing speech [...]
Gove attacks Miliband’s union tendency August 26, 2013 Michael Gove will today use a speech to brand Labour leader Ed Miliband as “uncertain, irresolute, weak” in his dealings with trade unions. The Tory education secretary will insist Labour has sunk back to its “pre-Blair position of living in the unions’ shadow”.
Politicians to reject press self regulation October 8, 2013 It is likely that politicians will reject proposals for self regulation from the press, a source has informed the BBC. Conservatives and liberal democrats serving on the sub-committee of the Privy Council have said that the proposals brought forward by the industry were "flawed." The Privy Council is the body responsible for advising the Queen [...]
Teachers to strike after failing to reach new pay deal with Gove September 5, 2013 BRITAIN’S leading teaching unions yesterday announced plans for a national strike in a dispute over the government’s attempt to introduce performance-related pay. The NUT and NASUWT announced plans for a rolling series of regional strikes during October, with a single day national walkout set to follow before Christmas. Teachers in London and the south east are set [...]
We must revolutionise UK schooling or face inexorable decline December 3, 2013 IT is not possible to put a positive spin on Britain’s results in the latest global education league tables: they reveal an appalling, shameful, tragic waste of talent. It is an embarrassing failure for a country that ought to be doing so much better. Our children were ranked 26th for maths, 23rd for reading and 21st [...]